Dubai Scholars Private School
Good Al Qusais, Dubai · British (NCfE)
- KHDA rating
- Good
Good standards in most areas. The most common rating among Dubai schools. From the 2023–24 inspection cycle — now more than two years old. KHDA has not completed a full cycle in two consecutive years, so this rating, and every rating on every other site, is older than it looks.
- Annual fees
- Fees not listed — confirm with the school
Varies by year group; confirm current fees with the school. 2026–27 fees are frozen by KHDA directive.
- Curriculum
- British (NCfE)
- Established
- Founded 1976
- School transport
- Bus service available
- Location
- Al Qusais, Dubai
District-level pin for Al Qusais — use the Google Maps link for the exact gate.
Link verified against a live domain, July 2026.
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In context
It is one of 79 schools in this guide currently rated Good.
These comparisons are computed from the verified data in this register, not editorial opinion.
What the inspectors said
Paraphrased from the last full DSIB inspection we could verify (2023–24 cycle) and its published record — read the complete report on the official KHDA directory. These findings are from the 2023–24 cycle and are now more than two years old. Leadership, staffing and provision can change substantially in that time — see the note below on why every rating in Dubai is older than it looks.
Strengths the inspectors named:
- Good for both overall and inclusive education, in a school established in 1976 — among the very oldest private schools in Dubai — running the National Curriculum for England from FS1 to Year 13 in Al Qusais.
- Around 2,100 students, with a rating record that has been consistently Good across every published inspection cycle we can trace back to 2010–11.
- Part of the Scholars International Group, with a sister school in the region.
What they asked the school to improve:
- We have not established a current published fee range from sources we can verify, and we will not estimate one — request the KHDA-approved fee schedule directly.
- A decade and a half at Good means stability rather than improvement: ask what the school is doing to move to Very Good, and what specifically has changed since the last inspection.
- As with any long-established school, ask about recent leadership continuity and teacher turnover.
Inclusion (students of determination): Good for inclusive education in KHDA’s official Inclusion Rating Table, matching the school’s overall judgement. We have not verified a cohort figure or team structure from sources we trust and we will not invent one. For a school of roughly 2,100 students, ask how many students of determination are on roll, who holds the inclusion champion role, and whether your child’s name would sit on the SEND register rather than simply be known to a teacher. See the special educational needs guide for the questions to ask on a visit.
Inspector summaries are being added school by school as each report is read — 212 of 212 so far, dated per cycle, never invented. A school without a summary yet is unread, not unjudged.
Visit kit
Questions worth asking on a tour — tuned to this school’s rating and curriculum:
- Who leads inclusion here — and may we meet them before enrolling?
- How much staff turnover did you have last year, and why?
- What are actual class sizes this term — not the maximum?
- How and how often will I hear about my child’s progress?
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Special educational needs? Read the inclusion guide before you visit.
Other schools in Al Qusais
- International Academic School — Acceptable, AED 18,000 to 35,000 a year
- Ambassador School — Very Good, AED 20,000 to 38,000 a year
- New Dawn Private School — Not yet rated, AED 8,000 to 15,000 a year
- The Millennium School — Very Good, AED 18,278 to 26,876 a year
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